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Panama Canal Zone - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 18 times
- The average score is 7 of 25
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | Dictator of Panama who took over after Torrijos' death in a plane crash | Noriega | 71%
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| R | President of the U.S. when canal was built | Teddy Roosevelt | 64%
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| B | Largest Canal Zone town; site of canal administrative offices and the public high school | Balboa | 50%
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| H | Large U.S. Air Force base on the Pacific side, active from 1962-1999 | Howard AFB | 50%
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| I | Large colorful reptile that sometimes sheltered in Zone residents' trees | iguana | 50%
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| K | Citizens of the San Blas Islands who came into Zone on weekends to sell their beautiful 'molas' | Kuna | 50%
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| M | Name of first set of locks on Pacific side of canal | Miraflores | 50%
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| Z | Nickname given to Canal Zone residents | zonians | 50%
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| Y | Disease that ravaged early canal workers until its cause was determined and eradicated | yellow fever | 43%
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| C | This 8-mile stretch of canal, slicing through the Continental Divide, presented the greatest challenges and danger to the workers during construction. | Culebra Cut | 36%
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| A | Neighborhood adjacent to Panama CIty; site of Gorgas Hospital | Ancon | 29%
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| V | Nocturnal creature frequently seen in Zone- less scary than its name or appearance suggests | vampire bat | 29%
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| L | President of Panama who attended Canal Zone College and graduated from a Texas college | Demetrio Lakas | 21%
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| G | Chief engineer of the Panama Canal | Goethals | 21%
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| O | Name of U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989 | Operation Just Cause | 21%
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| W | Citizens from this Caribbean area were brought over to work on canal construction. Their treatment, and the conditions under which they had to travel, work, and live present a very dark chapter in Canal Zone history. | West Indies | 21%
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| J | Song popular with some canal employees during the treaty negotiations: "Take This_________and Shove It" | Job | 14%
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| D | Arguably the most important division of canal maintenance, headquartered in Gamboa | dredging division | 7%
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| E | Town on the canal where many machine shops were located which disappeared virtually overnight when the canal was competed and the area was flooded. | Empire | 7%
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| F | Small but highly venomous snake which Zone residents were warned to avoid | fer-de-lance | 7%
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| Q | In March, 1975, this enormous cruise ship squeezed through the locks with barely a foot of clearance | QE2 | 7%
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| P | The only lock chamber with only one "step' | Pedro Miquel | 0%
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| S | Small park/zoo/botanical garden located near Gamboa | Summit Gardens | 0%
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| T | Original name of the Bridge of the Americas that crosses over the Pacific entrance to the canal | Thatcher Ferry Bridge | 0%
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| U | Name of U.S. Navy ship that took two months to travel from the west coast to Cuba to aid in 1898 war, emphasizing the need for a passage between the oceans | U.S.S. Oregon | 0%
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